{"id":2738,"date":"2026-02-02T11:22:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T17:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/?post_type=library&#038;p=2738"},"modified":"2026-02-02T11:22:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T17:22:12","slug":"types-of-appointments","status":"publish","type":"library","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/academic-staff-appointments\/types-of-appointments\/","title":{"rendered":"104.01 &#8211; Types of Appointments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<p>Pursuant to UWS 10.01, academic staff appointments may be fixed-term, probationary, or indefinite upon appropriate approval by the chancellor. Rights associated with an appointment are limited to the operational area specified in the letter of appointment, and the funding source alone will not automatically determine the type of appointment. Appointments of less than 50% time or appointments intended to fill a need of predetermined duration specified in the employment contract shall be fixed-term. Appointments at 50% time or greater for which there is reasonable expectation of continuing need shall be probationary or indefinite.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col uwm-l-col--4 uwm-l-offset--1\"><div class=\"content_block\" id=\"custom_post_widget-2655\"><nav aria-label=\"Sidebar\" class=\"uwm-p-navigation-list uwm-p-navigation-list--gold-border \"><div class=\"uwm-p-navigation-list--title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/academic-staff-appointments\/\">Chapter 104 \u2013 Academic Staff Appointments<\/a><\/div><ul><li><a class=\"current\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/academic-staff-appointments\/types-of-appointments\/\"><span aria-current=\"page\">104.01 \u2013 Types of Appointments<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/academic-staff-appointments\/fixed-term-appointments\/\">104.02 \u2013 Fixed-term Appointments<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/academic-staff-appointments\/probationary-appointments\/\">104.03 \u2013 Probationary Appointments<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/academic-staff-appointments\/indefinite-appointments\/\">104.04 \u2013 Indefinite Appointments<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/academic-staff-appointments\/operational-area\/\">104.05 \u2013 Operational Area<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/academic-staff-appointments\/employment-contracts\/\">104.06 \u2013 Employment Contracts<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/academic-staff-appointments\/official-personnel-file\/\">104.07 \u2013 Official Personnel File<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/academic-staff-appointments\/recruitment\/\">104.08 \u2013 Recruitment<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1287,"parent":2736,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"categories":[],"topic":[],"class_list":["post-2738","library","type-library","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>104.01 - Types of Appointments - Policy Library<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/academic-staff-appointments\/types-of-appointments\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"104.01 - Types of Appointments\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/academic-staff-appointments\/types-of-appointments\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Policy Library\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-02T17:22:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/policy\\\/library\\\/academic-staff-appointments\\\/types-of-appointments\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/policy\\\/library\\\/academic-staff-appointments\\\/types-of-appointments\\\/\",\"name\":\"104.01 - Types of Appointments - Policy Library\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/policy\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-02T17:22:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-02T17:22:12+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/policy\\\/library\\\/academic-staff-appointments\\\/types-of-appointments\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/policy\\\/library\\\/academic-staff-appointments\\\/types-of-appointments\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/policy\\\/library\\\/academic-staff-appointments\\\/types-of-appointments\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/policy\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Chapter 104 &#8211; 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